Can-opener.



G. T. HARDING.

CAN OPENER,

APPLICATION IILED MAR. 25, 1914.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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CLARA T. HARDING, F BLAIRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAN-OPENER.

Application filed March 25, 1914. Serial No. 827,126.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, CLARA T. HARm ve, a citizen of the United States, and a res1dent of Blairsville, in the-county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Gan-Opener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrlption.

This invention relates to improvements in can openers and has for an ob ect to provide an improved structure wherein the opener may be operated so as to move around the can, or the can may be moved 1n respect to the opener. D

Another object of the invention 1s to provide a guide and holding member for a can which will receive cans of various s zes and an adjustable cutting member co-actlng with said guide.

In carrying out the ob ectsof the invention, a body is provided which is formed with downwardly extending side members that act as guides for a can, said downwardly extending members or flanges d1- verging so as to receive cans of various sizes. (lo-acting with the body is a travehngcutting member which is supplied w1th ad usting means, designed to press against one end of the body for causing a proper movement of the cutting member.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure l, is a sectional view through F ig. 2 on line '11; and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the opener shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numeral, 1 indicates a table or support of any desired kind, to which is connected a standard 2 by a suitable set screw 3, standard 2 being provided with ears 1 and 5, which co-act with the set screw 3 for presenting a clamping structure. The standard 2 is designed to extend upwardly through an opening 6 man extenslon 7 of body 8. The extension 7 1n body 8 is provided with a slot 9, in which a traveling sliding member 10 is guided. Member 10 is provided with grooves 11 for slightly overlapping the side walls of the slot 9. Member 10 is also provided with a notch 12 for accommodating the cutter 13 held in place by a suitable journal or pm 14.

The upper part of the sliding member 10 is rigidly connected in any desired manner to a screw 15, which screw extends through 6% anupstanding member 16 arranged on body Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

8. The screw 15 adjacent the upstanding member 16 is provided with a threaded member 17, which acting on the screw and on upstanding member 16, causes the mem ber 10 to travel along slot 9 and to press into a can 18 when the same is in a position shown in Fig. 1. In order to,hold can 18 properly in place, body 8 is provided with depending flanges 19, 2-0, which flanges diverge as clearly shown in Fig. 2. This allows for the reception of cans of various slzes. lrVhen a can of any desired size is placed substantially as shown in the drawing, the nut or operating member 17 is actuated until knife 13 presses into the can whereupon the can is rotated manually. Body 8 is held stationary by the standard 2 and upon a complete rotation of the can, the top part will be severed without the liability of spilling any of the contents.

Of course it will be evident that the cutter could be used without the standard 2, but in this instance, the can must be held bysome means either manually or otherwise and the cutter rotated.

What I claim is 1. In a can opener of the class described, a body provided with an upstanding member at one end and diverging downwardly extending flanges extending from the opposite side of said body to said upstanding member, said body being also provided with a projection on the opposite end from said upstanding member, said projection being formed with a slot, said body being also formed with a slot merging into the firstmentioned slot, a traveling guide arranged to move in said slots, a cutting member connected with said traveling guide and arranged to operate on the same face of said body as said diverging flanges, a screw member connected with said traveling member, and a nut co-acting with said screw member and with said upstanding member, for causing a movement of said traveling member 100 longitudinally of said slots.

2. In a can opener of the class described,

a body substantially triangular in shape, said body having a pair of depending flanges along two of its edges, an upstanding mem- 105 ber on the opposite side or" said body at the point of juncture of said depending flanges, said body having a slot extending normal-to said upstanding member, a traveling member mounted for movement in said slot, 9. 1m

screw connected with said traveling member ter is adapted to cut the top of the can upon 10 and extending through said upstanding the rotation of said body. member, a nut coacting with said upstand- In witness whereof I have signed my name ing member and engaging said screw for to this specification in the presence of two 5 moving the screw and thetraveling member subscribing Witnesses.

longitudinally of said slot, and a cutter ar- CLARA T. HARDING. ranged on said traveling member, saidcutter Witnesses: forcing a can against said depending flanges' CHAS. KERLER, Jr.,

. when said nut is tightened whereby the cut- Jas. A. WOOLF. 

